The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

The Christmas and January sales may have wound down now, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end of bargain-tastic gaming deals. Here’s the first of my weekly deal roundups of 2011. To get cheap games constantly shoved into your browser, head to SavyGamer.co.uk. Get this week’s selection after the break.

Those deals from this morning. With EVE, Lucidity and Battlefield 2? Forget them. They’re history. Steam’s just put up it’s latest offers, with Tales of Monkey Island: Special Edition for £1.74 and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for £7.99. But you need to buy Mirror’s Edge. How much? £3. £3.24 to be […]

Gamasutra has the full scoop on Atari’s first quarter earnings, and things are looking pretty good. Boosted by the strong sales of games like Chronicles of Riddick and Ghostbusters, revenues soared 30% up to €54.5 million ($77.78 million). However, Atari isn’t popping the champagne and threatening to stop supporting the PS3 just yet. The future, […]

The premium multiplayer Map Pack for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has landed on Xbox Live. It will run you 800 MS Points ($10.00) and includes: “Munity” and “Viper Run” for Butcher Bay Riot; “Sneerock” for Deathmatch; “Tracker Star” for Capture the Flag; “The Tangle” for Pitch Black. Hit the link for […]

Sales data released from the NPD Group shows that videogames with film tie-ins saw a dramatic sales decrease this year in the US. According to an article in the L.A. Times, the downward slope for the top franchises for the year had varying factors leading to underwhelming retail performance. Activision and DreamWork’s Monsters vs. Aliens […]

Starbreeze’s The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Vin Diesel sold 100,000 units during its debut moth of April. According to NPD, those numbers are for all platforms and include numbers for March even though the game did not hit shelves until April 7. Just thought the Riddick fans would like to know. More […]

Atari has told Shacknews that the uproar over The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena DRM is unfounded. Furthermore, reports that surfaced earlier in the month citing that the game could only be installed three times in total were deemed inaccurate by Atari. While it’s true you can only install the game three times, […]

DLC’s already in the works for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, IGN’s reporting. The pack’s to include five new multiplayer maps, to add to the 15 included in the upcoming title’s retail release. The action game’s out on April 24.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has gone gold, Atari said today. Getting excited about the Pitch Black mutliplayer mode over here. April 7 is the day PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 users in North America will get their hands on it. Those in the rest of the world will have to wait […]

Vin Diesel’s told G4 that he “begged” for online multiplay to be included in Assault on Dark Athena. He begged. He probably cried a bit too. The actor told the TV station that the game was well into production as a single-player-only entity, but Vin put his foot down on the subject of a multiplayer […]

Qore Episode 10 is now up on PSN, and a preview of what you’ll get is posted after the break. This week, the Sony folks get some hands-on time with the upcoming Big Surf Island expansion pack for Burnout Paradise, travel to Sweden to visit Dark Athena creator Starbreeze, and talk Alpha Protocol with Obsidian. […]

Starbreeze has released a developer diary chronicling the production of Assault on Dark Athena. Video talks bout the new campaign, the remaster of Escape from Butcher Bay, and how the title turned out to be much larger than originally planned. It’s expected on April 7 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360–with the PC and PS3 […]

You’ll find a video of the first ten minutes of play from the Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo after the break. The Starbreeze semi-sequel appears to be fantastic from a very brief look. The movie’s shot from 360 code – the PSN demo’s undated as yet. As expected, the title’s heavy on the atmosphere […]

If you’re a PS3 owner wanting to get your hands on the Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo that went up on Live this morning, best not to hold your breath: Atari just said it’s “coming soon” in a press release. An Atari UK rep told VG247 that there was “no confirmation” on a date […]

After the break. We’ve just just played through the first 10 minutes of the just-released Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo, and it’s just as beautiful, violent and unforgiving as we’d hoped. The screens show drone control, narrative delivery, hand-to-hand combat, destructible environments and more. We’ll have the video up as soon as […]

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena will release on April 7 in North America and April 24 in Europe, Atari’s just confirmed. The disc features the new, full-length Assault on Dark Athena campaign, an HD remake of Escape from Butcher Bay and multiplayer options. It looks great, to be blunt. PC, 360 and […]

Starbreeze Studios has reported $2.84 million in sales and $627,000 in profit for the three months ending on December 31. And the future’s bright. Announcing an upcoming EA Bourne game hasn’t hurt matters any. “This news was enormously popular in the industry and also in many newspapers outside the games world,” said CEO Johan Kristiansson. […]

The latest Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena trailer released today, and looks pretty damn sensational. In a really, really violent way. If you’re after a nasty action game, you’ve found it. That shouldn’t be a recommendation. And yet it is. Take a look. It’s out for PS3, 360 and PC next month.

The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo is to release in “early March,” according to this TheGameReviews report. The game itself’s releasing on April 7, says that story, although neither this or the demo date has been officially confirmed. It’s listed as “spring” by Atari at the moment. These dates came from reps […]